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People vs. Abella

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, V. EVANGELINE ABELLA Y SEDEGO AND MAE ANN SENDIONG, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

G.R. No. 213918 | 2018-06-27

D E C I S I O N
 
MARTIRES, J.:
 
Accused-appellants Evangeline Abella y Sedego (Abella) and Mae Ann Sendiong (Sendiong) assail through this appeal the 17 June 2014 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA), in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 01412 affirming in toto the 28 October 2011 Joint Judgment[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 30, Dumaguete City, in Criminal Case Nos. 19359 and 19381.
 
THE FACTS
 
The accused-appellants were charged with violation of Section (Sec.) 5, Article (Art.) II of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9165[3] in an amended Information[4] docketed as Criminal Case No. 19359, viz:...